In decades past, Idahoans elected leaders who worked to preserve public lands for future generations. Sixty-two years ago, Democratic Senator Frank Church helped pass the Wilderness Act, the most significant land protection law in American history. It now safeguards more than 111 million acres nationwide. Democratic Governor Cecil Andrus helped secure the Sawtooth Wilderness and later protected more land as Secretary of the Interior. Democratic Congressman Larry LaRocco passed [...]

At the end of the work week, every Idaho family ought to be able to cover their bills. Our government can make that easier. But the Republicans in power keep making it harder for the people who work, farm, and run businesses here. Donald Trump’s tariffs are part of a chaotic economic agenda that keeps putting Idahoans on the losing end. Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck [...]

Service members willing to protect this country deserve the utmost respect. They should never go hungry aboard an American ship or beg for answers from the government that sent them there. Families of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln warned for months that deplorable conditions and collapsing morale were pushing the crew to the breaking point. More than 5,000 sailors have spent months at sea, including a record stretch [...]